So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. 2:1; Esth. Go, worship(BD) the Lord as you have requested. Gods provision of a means of escape was based upon His grace, not Israels merits. 129 Another name for this first month of the sacred calendar is Abib (Exod. Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. But dont stop there! 23When the Lord goes through the land to strike(AN) down the Egyptians, he will see the blood(AO) on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over(AP) that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer(AQ) to enter your houses and strike you down. WebAnd when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lordrelented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, It is enough; now stay your hand. And the angel of the Lordwas by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. WebSurah 32:11 mentions an angel of death identified with Azrael. Follow Christ's journey to the Cross. First they tempt, then accuse and finally punish and torment, both wicked humans and fallen angels. As mans Creator, God is absolutely justified in dealing with His creation as He sees fit (cf. The Passover celebration was to commence the Feast of Unleavened Bread. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. 24-25 After you have entered the country promised to you by the Lord, you and your children must continue to celebrate Passover each year. The entire week of celebration was to serve as a reminder to Israel of the day on which God brought them out of Egypt. 24-25 After you have entered the country promised to you by the Lord, you and your children must continue to celebrate Passover each year. Each succeeding plague was further proof of Gods existence and power, and gave greater substance to the warnings which followed. There were several purposes for the Passover celebration, some of which were to be understood at a later time. It can refer to a human messenger, e.g. 1). Therefore honor God with your body (1 Cor. 13:14, 16; 3:20). The plague of the firstborn was exceedingly appropriate since the Egyptians were seeking to kill all of the male babies born to the Israelites (cf. But when He sees the blood-markings across the tops of your doorways and down your two doorposts, He will pass over your houses and not allow His messenger of death to enter into your houses and strike you down. Thus, every time the first boy was born to an Israelite family, the parents were reminded of their roots and the reason for their blessing, and every child was retold the story of the exodus. 13:14, 16; 3:20). (2) Verses 21-30, the revelation which Moses conveyed to the Israelites. All rights reserved worldwide. (AW) 28The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded(AX) Moses and Aaron. 32 Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. Does that mean that the angel of death doesn't exist in the monotheistic traditions? There would be no leftovers for dinner because they would be long gone before another meal could be eaten. The Passover was a corporate celebration in that all Israel observed the meal, just as Moses had instructed them (12:28, 50). Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. WebWhen I see the blood, I will pass over you. Not at all. The hasty departure of the Israelites did not afford the time required to bake leavened bread (12:34, 39). The Passover lamb is therefore a pattern for the saints, showing us that innocent suffering is often a part of Gods will for the righteous, and that through the suffering of the saints, Gods purposes may be accomplished. Verses 1-3 of chapter 11 inform us of a revelation God had given Moses sometime before, in which the details of the final plague had been outlined. Bob is a pastor/teacher and elder at Community Bible Chapel in Richardson, Texas, and has contributed many of his Bible study series for use by the Foundation. (4) The Passover Lamb was a model, a prototype (a type) of the Messiah, the Lamb of God through whom God would bring redemption to both Israel and the Gentiles (Exod. (4) The participants of the Passover. This is the second death, the lake of fire. The firstborn of Israel thus belonged to God as a result of the Passover, and all of Israel as a result of the exodus. We will briefly review these: (1) The time of the Passover meal. Other Quranic verses refer to a multitude of angels of death. DEATH: Did God really kill animals to clothe Adam and Eve, or did He create new skins for this purpose? The heartless Pharaoh still refused to free the Israelite slaves. Since it is God the Lord (Jehovah/Yahweh) who as the Creator is the Giver of Life and the Taker of it, neither angels nor demons can act to remove life without the authorisation of the one true God. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt. The firstborn of Israel had to be redeemed because God had spared them, and thus they belonged to Him. (3) The Passover and the plague of the firstborn was proof of Gods possession of Israel. They are fakes and frauds. (v6-7) This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. This blood was to serve as a sign, which would protect the Israelites from the death angel (12:13, 23). 39With the dough the Israelites had brought from Egypt, they baked loaves of unleavened bread. Since we will not attempt to cover all the material contained in chapter 12 in this message, I want to point out that the structure of the chapter links the instructions given by God to Moses (verses 1-20) and the instructions from God spoken by Moses (verses 21-30). 12:38, 43-49). Paul told them he had already acted (5:3-4), and that they should do likewise, by putting this man out of the assembly. And Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses to smite [you]. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth (1 Cor. (1) The Passover was a memorial of the deliverance of Israel, accomplished by the mighty power of God: This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the Lord is to be on your lips. When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the calamity and said to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough! Dogs have undergone many changes since people have been breeding them. APE-MAN? When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.. Each household was to eat the meal inside the door on which the animals blood had been placed. Does that mean that the angel of death doesn't exist in the monotheistic traditions? 1:22). Those who did not refrain from eating leavened bread were to be banned from the congregation of Israel, whether or not he was a native Israelite (cf. 5:6ff.). (4) The Passover and the plague of the firstborn was an act of grace, as well as an act of judgment. Not only are innocent children slaughtered by God here, but the occasion is the basis for an annual celebration by Israel, one that is to be carried on forever (Exod. Berean Standard Bible Unfortunately, Christians have come to take the remembrance of our Lord lightly, and do it infrequently, often as a kind of footnote to some other service. WebLater, in II Kings 19:35, the angel kills 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. ), New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition, New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition, New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition. When you normally hear a storytelling account of the Passover starting with the tenth plague in Egypt, the story usually proceeds Then the Angel of Death visited the house of the Egyptians and the first-born son in every household was struck down. In our study of this text we will seek to face these moral issues squarely. For the Lord will pass through striking the Egyptians: and when he shall see the blood on the transom, and on both the posts, he will pass over the door of the house, and not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and to hurt you. Douay-Rheims Bible For the Lord will pass through striking the Egyptians: and when he shall see the blood on the transom, and on both the posts, he will pass over the door of the house, and not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and to hurt you. Since a number of foreigners accompanied the Israelites out of Egypt (12:38), this was a necessary distinction. When Moses spoke to Pharaoh about the Israelites, he said, Let My son go, that he may serve Me (Exod. One can see that the first Passover, along with each subsequent annual remembrance of Passover, was an event of great significance, one which was to be celebrated from that time on. There is not a great concern for a smooth flow chronologically as there is for laying, as it were, a historical and theological foundation for the ordinance of the Passover. Paul also speaks of our suffering in Passover terms. In the final verses of chapter 10, Pharaoh angrily demands that Moses and Aaron leave his presence, threatening that to do so again will mean their death (v. 28). The animal was to be roasted whole over the fire, not boiled or eaten raw. The Angel of Death is a misnomer. The first Passover meal was to consist of the roasted sacrificial animal, bitter herbs, and unleavened bread (12:8). (2) The Passover and its related celebrations, the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the redemption of the firstborn, were intended to serve as a means of instruction for the future generations of Israel (Exod. When the unbelievers in hell cry out for help, an angel, also identified with Azrael, will appear on the horizon and tell them that they have to remain. 44Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised(BZ) him, 45but a temporary resident or a hired worker(CA) may not eat it. 17Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(AC) because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. At the same time, none of Israels firstborn, whether man or beast, was smitten. You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men (1 Cor. Since there were many non-Israelites who left Egypt with Israel (Exod. These include references in Numbers 9:1-4 , Numbers 28:16-25 , Deuteronomy 16:1-6 , and Leviticus 23:4-8 . God directed that the meaning of the celebration was to be explained to the children (13:8). So, too, idolatrous worship doesnt seem very serious, until we view this evil from Gods perspective. In the Book of Enoch, angels of punishment and destruction belong to a group of angels called satans with Satan as their leader. In the context of Psalm 44, from which this citation was taken, we learn that those saints who suffered as described above were those who were faithful to God, not those who were disobedient. For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. (Z) On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off(AA) from Israel. Not too long before, there was a very strong reaction to the visit of President Reagan to a German cemetery, where some Nazi soldiers were buried. So, the bottom line is there was no Angel of Death, or Death Angel involved in the Passover after all. DOG EVOLUTION? This is why the meal was to be eaten with an atmosphere of readiness and anticipation. Moses pronouncement to Pharaoh: the coming of the final plague (Exodus 11:4-8). WebThe LORD said, For seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast eat only unleavened bread. But when the Angel of Death saw the blood on the door posts of the people of Israel, he passed over so none of them was afflicted by the Angel of Death. However what surprises most people is the discovery that the term Death Angel or Angel of Death appears in no Bible translation at all. Bob was born and raised in a Christian home i More, The Net Pastors Journal, Eng. The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread, Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint. WebThe Eternal will pass through the land during the night and bring death to the Egyptians. On the other hand, the meal was a family matter. And also bless me.. Leave my people, you and the Israelites! The purpose of this revelation thus dictates its form. There was to be provision of enough meat for each person to be adequately supplied. The Grim Reaper, so to speak, does not exist in the way we have perceived it as a culture to exist. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. 20Eat nothing made with yeast. WebWhen I see the blood, I will pass over you. 26 Your children will ask you, What are we celebrating? 27 And you will answer, The Passover animal is killed to honor the Lord. Withdraw your hand. The angel of the Lord was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. Romans 8:38-39ESV / 492 helpful votes HelpfulNot Helpful (1) The Passover was a memorial of the deliverance of Israel, accomplished by the mighty power of God: This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the Lord is to be on your lips. The first is the pronouncement to Pharaoh by Moses that this plague is about to come upon all of Egypt. When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. These include references in Numbers 9:1-4 , Numbers 28:16-25 , Deuteronomy 16:1-6 , and Leviticus 23:4-8 . Surplus food was not to be kept overnight, but was to be burned (12:10). Just as the Passover celebrations (including the redemption of the firstborn and the Feast of Unleavened Bread) provided an opportunity to instruct the children concerning Gods work in the past and its bearing on the present, so the Lords table and baptism provide us with teaching opportunities which we dare not neglect. 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